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 (kazak@carina.unm.edu) wrote:
: 	Can anyone steer me in the right direction. I am trying to get my
: 	feet wet in windows programming. Someone I know wants to get rid
: 	of his borland Pascal for win. Is this worth delving into, or am
: 	I better off buying vbasic or even the MS or borland C ++ stuff?
: 	I am planning very simple stuff initially but as I get up on the
: 	learning curve, I plan to develop more difficult software or 
: 	shareware. Help!

Of the major Windows development tools, TPW is the middle of the road,
really.  If you want a good (and fairly powerful) beginning development
tool, go for Visual BASIC.  On the other hand, you can begin with MS-C or
Borland C++ development and be a) able to reach the widest audience with
questions (most of the windows world uses C products) and b) have the most
power of all the tools; however the learning curve for C win development
is the most hideous.  Basically, a lot more support, toolkits, and people
relate to the C products, and, unfortunately, TPW falls in the middle. 
There seems to be more public support (third party and PD tool[kit]s) for
VBASIC than for TPW.  

BTW - I have used all of them and currently use TPW.

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